2011 Rolling Black Metal thread

I really like the re-recordings of Le Secret...as charming as the original tracks are, the new versions are a lot richer sounding, more depth.

he re-recorded the whole album?

Well, the album as in both 13 minute tracks. But the originals are also on the new reissue, which is a smart move.

i already said that!

Today i picked up 2nd hand cds of Aluk Todolo, Saros and my fen split cd arrived.

there are three bm threads on sna atm

it must be getting hip!

AG, what 2011 bm records would you recommend?

liturgy is on wfmu tonight, dj rupture's show

haven't you bothered reading the thread? lol
xp

nah, i haven't been around! but i will

Hey AG,

1. Who sounds like Absurd?
2. Who is the Creedence Clearwater of black metal?

fuck knows. Direct all BM questions to Roxy!

okay i am going to listen to this fen record

new Liturgy track + whiney interview at the VV

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/04/liturgy-generation-mp3-interview-hunter-hunt-hendrix.php

thx! -- probably need to buy this record

oh look what i have to listen to

you son of a bitch!

Liturgy's "Generations" sounds a lot like Circle.

Liturgy's "Generations" sounds a lot like Circle.

― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF)

^^ true. didn't enjoyed it that much tho, but still looking fwd for the album.

haven't listened to that much bm this year. so far, these are the ones i enjoyed most :

mamaleek - kurdaitcha
arts - vault of heaven (side project from one of the ancestors guys)

haven't listened to blut aus nord's latest. and have to listen negative plane more carefully.

Liturgy album is great!

I don't think sounding like Circle is a bad thing at all, but it's not a particularly black metal thing. Of course the album is on Thrill Jockey which is more likely to release an album by Circle than it would by most metal acts.

Holy shit that Liturgy track. Is the whole album like this??? Neeeeeed this.

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/61122043/Liturgy+F7Eiz.png

been seeing a lot of hate toward liturgy lately. i'm still eager to hear the new record though. have people always been pretty critical of these guys, or is it just happening now because of their growing popularity?

christ almighty, "generation" is one awesome track.

Anyone who uses black metal as a springboard towards something a little different and new rather than spewing Satanic/anti-Christian rhetoric is certain to be met with scorn from purists.

But who cares what they say, the new Liturgy is phenomenal.

a lot of hate has come from that interview they did, i know a bunch of ppl from dffd were moaning about it.

saw liturgy live opening for shrinebuilder and thought they had promise. didn't love their first lp but this new track is way more to my liking. if the whole album sounds like a circle/meshuggah hybrid, then I will be very happy. kind of ridiculously catering to my personal tastes there.

what interview, ag?

if the whole album sounds like a circle/meshuggah hybrid, then I will be very happy

that's not how I'd've described it, for the most part it's fairly faithful-sounding BM but w/ more fucked up drumming and some Glen Branca walls of guitar here and there

I think it's terrific

This interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA_p2RLfpsk

wow, those are some public speaking skills alright
for me it's not what that guy (righty) saying, but the way he says it
so so so so
"we're all sensitive" guy not quite as lol, but maybe i just don't watch these interviews much?

i like their music ok though

ooof, that interview.

that's not how I'd've described it, for the most part it's fairly faithful-sounding BM but w/ more fucked up drumming and some Glen Branca walls of guitar here and there

hmm. like I said, haven't heard the album yet, but the new emphasis on using playful time sigs in a hypnotic, repetitive way on "generation" was definitely what I was vibing on. what you're describing sounds pretty good but I could definitely go for a whole album of tracks working the "generation" model.

My wife (watching that Liturgy interview over my shoulder): "They make black metal? They look like indie boys."

Me: "They're from Brooklyn."

Wife: "Ah."

hahaha

you mean " yeah, it's like, they so so so so do make black metal? but yeah it's i dunno not like black metal black metal so yeah um they're from brooklyn"

No I mean "they look like indie boys cuz they live in Brooklyn."

Liturgy album is great!

― Algerian Goalkeeper,

^^ have you listened to the album? how's it like?

i enjoyed 'high gold' way more than 'generation', prob because i was way more into that kind of stop/start instrumental dynamics a couple years back (when i was into don cabarello, june of 44 et. al). nowadays it just kind of, err, bores me? (not that i found 'generation' bad, by all means. only not that much interesting)

also looking fwd for the new weakling...

btw, are there any recent releases by bone awl? the alkerdeel record from last year was A+

but you could close your eyes and still hear it in the way they talked
that's what i meant
doesn't matter if they look like hanson or not
i just never ever want to hear them speak extemporaneously ever again

i didn't think there was anything wrong with that interview?

Got the new Krallice in today's mail.

I'm supposed to interview Liturgy dude for a mag I will not name (not a metal mag, but not The Wire either). I hope he's less of a d-bag when we talk, otherwise the recording will contain many, many slapping sounds.

make sure to note them in the transcript

Q: ...
A: ...

(writer slaps interviewee)

lol

hahahahaha

New Krallice album = awesome.

Yeah, that dude is pretentious and punchable as fuck, and his band looks utterly uncomfortable throughout - you can see them thinking "oh, dude, don't say THAT," but just like when some folks here were talking about how Oneohtrix comes off in interviews, I kinda respect his complete candor and the fact that I think he KNOWS he's being a pompous ass. Dude would be making a lot more friends by towing the line, but he clearly doesn't give a shit. Gotta respect that.

Dude to the immediate right of Hunt Hendrix or whatever his name is a dead ringer for Eddie Vedder, btw.

"transcendental black metal manifesto" aside, most of that interview was them talking pretty bluntly about how they put together & perform their music, which i liked

New Krallice album = awesome.

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